Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this one is designed to be tightened up from outside the guitar , it can be used on guitars without conventional round soundholes by pulling the jack through the endblock with a piece of wire . |
| 2 | This one is expected to be called A Vision Of The Earth . |
| 3 | ‘ This one 's meant to be priceless , ’ Lorton said . |
| 4 | The very high bore tides rarely occured during the hours of darkness , but he knew this one was predicted to be a twenty seven footer , and that meant danger . |
| 5 | In a place like this there are bound to be some good seamstresses and Singers will surely have had their salesmen down here back in the days of the square-riggers . |
| 6 | Now it is true that the remedy for breach will sound in damages only , but the primary obligation is the same , namely that that which is covenanted to be done will be done . |
| 7 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 8 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that has been obtained by a false representation , has ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse inference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 9 | ‘ When theft is alleged and that which is alleged to be stolen passes to the defendant with the consent of the owner , but that consent has been obtained by a false representation , has , ( a ) an appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 taken place , or , ( b ) must such a passing of property necessarily involve an element of adverse interference with or usurpation of some right of the owner ? |
| 10 | Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true . |
| 11 | That which was known to be disliked — for example , the voice — was changed to one which was softer and not shrill . |
| 12 | She was the only player from almost 100 who were screened to be offered a place on the squad . |
| 13 | How much design effort is needed in the different areas will not be clear at this stage but unless the system is very simple there are bound to be problems of overlap and of how far to arrange sub-teams by discipline , by function or by problem ( Singleton , 1987 ) . |
| 14 | It was true that in the 1880s youth work had meant philanthropy and religion , whereas in the 1900s it was felt to be the responsibility of local education authorities , juvenile employment committees , after-care committees and part-time day continuation classes in liberal and vocational studies . |
| 15 | The first type — active familial disruption — involved a woman in her thirties who was considered to be suffering from schizophrenia . |
| 16 | If you are tall you are expected to be more ‘ adult ’ and have more duties put upon you . |
| 17 | OTIF is only one part of ICI Paints ' Focus on the Customer programme but it 's a vital stage of our journey to becoming a total quality business-one which is organized to be totally responsive to customer needs . |
| 18 | The British Prime Minister emerged as a much more accommodating personality ; at the Fontainebleau summit in June 1984 she was deemed to be now ‘ a good European ’ . |
| 19 | Of course when one thought about it rationally it was obvious there was bound to be an investigation of some kind , but throughout the long flight she had been too concerned with the purely personal implications of the news item to give a thought to those who might have a financial interest in the story . |
| 20 | Where social attitudes and social behaviour are thus unmatched there is bound to be confusion and ambiguity in the popular mind and in personal reaction to the individual situation . |
| 21 | In fact , comparing columns 6 and 8 of table 8.3 there is seen to be no net flow of manual workers from the six most depressed regions of the country to the four most prosperous ones . |
| 22 | Bourque and Grossholtz ( 1984 ) argue that the acceptance of ‘ masculinity as ideal political behaviour ’ has dire consequences for studying women : the unquestioned assumption that the political attitudes , behaviour and preferences of men define mature political behaviour means that when women do not match these they are said to be either apolitical or politically naive . |
| 23 | So you know it 's all I 'm meant to be seeing that Heather one day this week but I have n't rung her . |
| 24 | Kilburn had a charter dating from the reign of Charles II which was thought to be in the possession of a family who had the local pub , but they — and it — have disappeared , much to the chagrin of the locals who have tried to trace it . |
| 25 | The proportion of men aged 15–19 who were found to be infected with HIV-1 at their first test increased from an average of 2.4% up to 1990 to 4.7% in the first nine months of 1991 . |
| 26 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 27 | Clary , still remained the tramp , he loved to be , six days of the week , one along with many who are taken to be inhuman . |
| 28 | In all there are thought to be some three-quarters of a million of them surviving . |
| 29 | it will be terrible there is bound to be overspill and vandalism . |
| 30 | Yet the political authority was to an extent dependent on the company 's sources of information , however suspect or inadequate they were seen to be ; according to one civil servant interviewed , the PSO requirement was ‘ basically calculated by taking on trust the figures which RENFE gave ’ . |